After spending the past 6 months getting my bearings at a new gig, and _really_ getting into it, I find myself at a place neither here nor there. I think the lack of posts is symptomatic of this general malaise. In any case, here are a few morsels for the mouth of the willing:

I’m not […]

Sorry Mac users, Hammerfall is a Windows only gem. I’ve been bugging out on the demo release’s keen physics and oddly engaging gladiator-esque plot. In a blurb, you are the pilot of a helicopter with a giant sword, or mace, or hammer hanging from it. You can swing your appendage around and destroy any foes […]

Recently while visiting the new Kinokuniya book store on 6th Avenue, I found myself lingering mainly in the stationery and pen/pencil section. Perhaps this is where I always hang out since I don’t read Japanese so well (ok, at all), but I found a very cool selection of mechanical pencils that got me thinking of […]

As I am wont to do, I have been drawn into a number of brief tinkerings dabblings. Here are some of the more memorable items from the crossover from the past few months:

Desktop Tower Defense - A day to learn, a lifetime to master. Hyperbole? Decidedly so. A game that is deceptively deep and […]

Work has been busy, as work is wont to be, hence the term “business”, but over the past month or so, I’ve been able to collect a few notes here and there. Since I can’t seem to write, much less think, a single coherent sentence, I am reduced to communicating in bullet form:

April in Paris […]

Sometimes I hesitate to post some things as I know that something or someone out there is eventually going to index all of this for posterity. With the understanding that we are all living history for the benefit of the future’s time-travelling tourists, I’ll share what is likely to be the peak of my literary […]

I’m not talking about games like, toying with human emotions or starting world wars, but more along the lines of videogames. With a lot of videogames based on the premise of giving someone god-like powers over a specific realm (or over life as in oft-drooled over Spore), what would the incentive be for an all-powerful […]

I usually end up spending like $100 at Trader Joe’s. Then, an hour after I get home (and I’ve binged on the peanut butter pretzels, chicken and artichoke empanadas and spiced tortilla chips) it seems like I don’t have anything to eat. Weird. I’m not sure if I think TJ’s beige, but check this out- […]

Matt Damon cursing like Good Will Hunting’s evil side must be seen to be believed:

Holding true to my own expectations, once the late summer addiction of fantasy football cranks up, it’s hard to bring me to the keyboard for any reason other than football news. To this day I maintain: If I spent as much time on investing as I do on football research, I’d be either retired or […]

Recently I took a tour of Yankee Stadium. For $14, it is a good deal given the access provided. On the tour, you get access to the field, dugout, press box, and the collection of plaques and statues next to the bullpens in the outfield. The best part of the tour for me was seeing […]

Top things keeping me busy and away from the keyboard most days/nights:

Japanese - Learning a bit more, day by day, and I do mean “bit” literally. I absorb about a 0 or a 1 each week.
Work - I go to it about 5 times a week and lately it’s been busy for the right reasons […]